Sarloos Returns; Bankston DFA; Meyer Demoted
by mikev on Aug 18, 2008 2:29 PM PDT
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First off, so long Dan Meyer - enjoy your time back in Sacramento pitching for the AAA Rivercats since you weren't released by the organization and instead just sent back down to the minors yet again. Thanks for being dumb and trying to pitch through a shoulder injury after being traded. I was a big proponent of giving him "one last shot" this season to see if he was going to ever stick as a big leaguer, and it didn't take long for the question to be answered with a resounding "NO"
***EDIT*** No, Dan Meyer was not released by the team, which apparently some people took the first paragraph to mean. He was optioned down to AAA Sacramento after yesterday's game. I'm assuming he'll never be in Oakland again, however, since he's basically proven that he cannot get major league hitters out. ***EDIT***
Second, does anybody else find it a little bit strange that Kirk is being called up instead of Eveland? I mean, maybe it's just me, but I think that if Eveland is going to "make it" as a MLB caliber starter, he should at least be with the team still and gettin guidance from Curt Young and co.
On the other hand, even though he hasn't been good for the last few years, I have a soft spot in my heart for Los Kirk. His 2005 season in which he was a pretty darn good 5th starter was rewarded with a demotion to the bullpen (curse you, Esteban Loaiza!) and the subsequent trade to Cincinnati.
But, hey, he's got a 2.35 ERA and a 0.78 WHIP this season (plz don't look @ his samplesize kthxbye) so he's clearly the best pitcher in the AL!
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No, meyer was sent to AAA
according to http://oakland.athletics.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20080817&content_id=3327189&vkey=news_oak&fext=.jsp&c_id=oak
Purchasing the contract means he was added to the 40 man roster, taking Bankston’s place, who will probably be waived or released. He was added to the 25 man in Meyer’s place, who also remains on the 40 man.
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by Rebuilding Season on Aug 18, 2008 2:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
kirk sarloos
Meyer wasn’t released,that would make beane look bad.LOL sent back to sacto.
by joe rudi 26 on Aug 18, 2008 2:38 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Edited for clarity. No, Meyer was not released
But he’s not very good and I doubt he’ll be in Oakland again.
by mikev on Aug 18, 2008 2:43 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
So, was Meyer released?
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 18, 2008 2:44 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
What! Meyer was released?!?
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by Philip Christy on Aug 18, 2008 2:47 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Yeah, I think so,
if I’m reading Mike’s post right.
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by Leopold Bloom on Aug 18, 2008 2:53 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
saarloos, really?
i like the guy but i don’t really see the point, i would have given meyer more of a chance instead.
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by xbhaskarx on Aug 18, 2008 3:03 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I think it is more just needing an arm, after the bullpen has been chewed up a lot lately, and since Meyer
has pitched 2 straight days, he wouldn’t be available for a few days.
by theblackpearl on Aug 18, 2008 3:30 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
It's also possible some of the A's coaches saw him pitch
That 0-2 pitch to Alexi Ramirez was outstanding. I’ll let everyone know when it lands.
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by Nico on Aug 18, 2008 3:38 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
How about all his appearances before the last one. You know, when he had the ERA around 3.
by thejd44 on Aug 19, 2008 11:10 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Did you watch him pitch?
Think Dana Eveland without the movement.
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by Nico on Aug 19, 2008 12:34 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
A’s website say’s meyer optioned to sacto.
by joe rudi 26 on Aug 18, 2008 3:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Meyer sent to Sacto right after the game the other day... to send a
very strong message after giving up 5 runs in three innings. He needs to prove himself again in the next week or so and the post season with Sacto or he will be gone. Sad as he had the potential to be a starter or a reliever as needed. Not gone yet and might be kept on the 40 man roster this winter in spite…
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by Charlie Brown on Aug 18, 2008 3:31 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
This is going to be an interesting off-season for the A's. They have several players
on the 40 man, who we wonder what pictures of Billy they must have, and a few who, if they do come back, must have purchased copies of said pictures. Brown and Embree, shouldn’t be back. Robnett, Herrera, and Gray, should all pass through even minor league waivers, so shouldn’t remain on the 40 mah. Meyer might even clear waivers. That is 6 easily maneuvered openings on the 40 man. What newly tenured minor leaguers will need to be added? I think Powell has made it that far, but with his injuries, noone would claim him.
by theblackpearl on Aug 18, 2008 4:04 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
Don't guys like Cardenas, Carter, and Donaldson
have to be added to protect against the Rule 5 draft?
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by Nico on Aug 18, 2008 4:20 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Donaldson, no, he was drafted in 07. Carter in 05, I don't think so, I think it is 4 years and Cardenas was
drafted in 05 as well, I think. I can’t find his.
by theblackpearl on Aug 18, 2008 4:36 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Cardenas was drafted in the supplemental first round in 2006
according to BP2008
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by Rebuilding Season on Aug 18, 2008 4:48 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
I may be the only one but
im excited about seeing Sarloos again. I was hoping that he would be brought up instead of Meyer when a long man was needed, but better late than never.
by A'sfaninNC on Aug 18, 2008 5:16 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
I'm glad K Sarloos is back in the MLs
He is a worker, very positive, and loves baseball more than most.
I listened to a RiverCats vs Las Vegas game around August 8th where it got to 12-9 or 13-10…something like that.
Anyway, Eveland was quite un-impressive; the usual walks, behind in the count, basehit with two outs no one on, then a walk….zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Small wonder he didn’t get called.
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by One won lost won on Aug 18, 2008 8:24 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
Eveland's pitching great tonight, though -
6 IP, 2 hits, 1 ER, 0 BB, 6 K (76 pitches, 52 strikes).
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by Nico on Aug 18, 2008 9:00 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs
...Saarloos comes back just in time
bad news about Duschscherer’s injury
by OaklandSi on Aug 18, 2008 6:36 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs
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